Alice D'Amato

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Alice D'Amato
Full nameAlice D'Amato
Country represented Italy
Born (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 18)
Genoa, Italy
Height1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015 – present (ITA)
GymBrixia
Head coach(es)Enrico Casella
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin Uneven Bars

Alice D'Amato (Italian pronunciation: [aˈliːtʃe]) (born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast and was a member of the historic team that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Additionally she competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and was a member of the team who won gold at the 2018 European Junior Championships and is the 2019 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is also a member of the Italian National Team and is the twin sister of Asia D'Amato. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life[]

D'Amato and her twin sister, Asia, were born in Genoa, Italy on 7 February 2003. She and her sister began gymnastics at the age of 7 at the Andrea Doria Sports Club in Genoa, Italy.[1] They currently train at the International Academy of Brixia in Brescia.[2]

In December 2020, Alice and Asia received the Athlete of the Year award in the Liguria region of Italy.[1]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior[]

2015 - 2017[]

D'Amato made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside Giorgia Villa and her twin sister Asia D'Amato.[3] D'Amato was injured for most of 2016 but competed at the Italian Event Championships where she placed first on uneven bars.[4]

In 2017 D'Amato competed at the Mediterranean Junior Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind Elisa Iorio and won gold in the team final.[5] She later competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed third in the all-around and on balance beam.[6] She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Elisa Iorio and Asia D'Amato. There she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually she qualified to the uneven bars final but was withdrawn from the final so her teammate Iorio, who would later win gold, could compete.

2018[]

D'Amato competed at the Italian Championships where she won silver on the uneven bars. In August D'Amato competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Asia D'Amato, , Elisa Iorio, and Giorgia Villa where Italy won team gold.[7][8]

Senior[]

2019[]

In April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio and Asia D'Amato.[9] There she qualified to the all-around final and to the uneven bars final.[10] During the all-around final D'Amato finished in fourth place after falling off the balance beam behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos of France, Ellie Downie of Great Britain, and Angelina Melnikova of Russia.[11] The following day she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Russians Anastasia Ilyankova and Melnikova. In doing so, D'Amato became the first Italian to win a European Championships medal on the apparatus.[12]

In August D'Amato competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she helped Italy win gold in the team competition ahead of the Netherlands and Norway and individually she finished fourth in the all-around behind Villa, Eythora Thorsdottir, and Naomi Visser. Additionally she recorded the highest vault and uneven bars scores.[13] On September 4 D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Giorgia Villa, Asia D'Amato, Elisa Iorio, and Desirée Carofiglio.[14]

During qualifications at the World Championships D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result Italy also qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[15] In the team final, D'Amato helped Italy win the bronze medal – Italy's first team medal since the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. They ended up finishing behind the United States and Russia but ahead of China, who originally qualified to the final in second place.[16]

2020[]

In early February it was announced that D'Amato was selected to represent Italy at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.[17] She was later replaced by Desiree Carofiglio.[18] However the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[19]

2021[]

In April D'Amato was selected to represent Italy at the European Championships in Basel alongside Giorgia Villa, Martina Maggio, and Vanessa Ferrari.[20] During qualifications D'Amato placed 18th in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to Maggio and Ferrari placing higher. She did, however, qualify to the uneven bars final.[21] During the uneven bars final D'Amato placed fifth.

D'Amato was named to the team to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan alongside Asia D'Amato, Giorgia Villa (later replaced by Vanessa Ferrari),[22] and Martina Maggio.[23] The four qualified for the team finals and placed fourth with a total score of 163.638.[24] She placed 20th in the individual all-around.

In October D'Amato was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[25] She finished eighth in the all-around.

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy 24
2016 Italian Event Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Gymnix 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 7
City of Jesolo Trophy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 20 6
Mediterranean Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
German Junior Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
4th Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
International Gymnix 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7
Italian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pieve di Soligo Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
City of Jesolo Trophy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 5
2nd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Heerenveen Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
National Championships 5 4 8
2021 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
European Championships 5
FIT Challenge 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 6
National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games 4 20
World Championships 8 R3
Swiss Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics D'AMATO Asia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ "La genovese Asia D'Amato campionessa italiana a Civitavecchia". Liguria Sport (in Italian). December 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 City of Jesolo Trophy Final Results". The Gymterent. March 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "Ginnastica, Campionati Italiani di Categoria – Finali di Specialità: tripletta di Arianna Rocca, ottime D'Amato e Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). November 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 Mediterranean Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 Italian Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymterent. August 6, 2018.
  8. ^ http://www.ueg.org/data/result/929/AA_INC_NON_QUAL_JUN_Womens.pdf
  9. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: le convocate dell'Italia, quattro Fate volano a Stettino. C'è Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). April 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: l'Italia sbanca Stettino, 3 Finali di Specialità. Villa prima alla trave, festa per le gemelle d'Amato". OA Sport (in Italian). April 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: De Jesus conquista lo scettro all-around, battute Downie e Melnikova in volata. Alice d'Amato quarta, Giorgia Villa sesta". OA Sport (in Italian). April 12, 2019.
  12. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: Alice d'Amato nella storia, prima italiana sul podio agli staggi! 13^ medaglia all-time, rotto un digiuno di 5 anni". OA Sport (in Italian). April 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymternet. August 31, 2019.
  14. ^ "Mondiali Stoccarda 2019: Tutti i convocati!". Ginnasticando (in Italian). September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "Ginnastica, Mondiali 2019: Italia senza finali di specialità, azzurre avanti con la squadra. Villa e Iorio in finale all-around". OASport (in Italian). October 6, 2019.
  16. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). October 8, 2019.
  17. ^ "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. February 7, 2020.
  18. ^ @BritGymnastics (February 24, 2020). "There has been a change to the Birmingham World Cup line-up!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup". British Gymnastics. March 16, 2020.
  20. ^ "Basilea – Ufficializzati i nomi dei convocati per il 9° Campionato Europeo individuale di Artistica maschile e femminile". Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia (in Italian). April 16, 2021.
  21. ^ "Basilea – Europeo: Martina Maggio sfiora il pass olimpico per l'Italia. Finali All-around e di specialità conquistate. Emozioni Azzurre". Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia (in Italian). April 21, 2021.
  22. ^ "Tokyo - Giorgia Villa si infortuna a Napoli e perde i Giochi. Ferrari in squadra, Lara Mori individualista". Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). July 13, 2021.
  23. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Olimpiadi 2021: le convocate dell'Italia. 4 Fate per la squadra, Vanessa Ferrari individualista" [Artistic gymnastics, 2021 Olympics: the summons of Italy. 4 Do for the team, individualist Vanessa Ferrari]. OA Sport (in Italian). July 5, 2021.
  24. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  25. ^ @ginnasticaartisticaitaliana.it (October 6, 2021). "MONDIALI DI KITAKYUSHU 2021: CONVOCAZIONI GAF" – via Instagram.

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